Here after ensueth two fruytfull sermons, made [and] compyled by the ryght Reuerende father in god Iohn̄ Fyssher, Doctour of Dyuynyte and Bysshop of Rochester

SEcondly I say y^u sholdest do this most ef∣fectually. Supposest thou that any frēde of thyne wyll do this more studyously & more effectually after thy departure hēce, than thou thyne owne selfe wyll do?. If thou do so thynk I fere me that thou shalt be sore beceyued / and that for two reasons especyall.

¶ The fyrst is this. Yf thou to whome thyne owne soule ought to haue ben moost dere (as I haue sayd) forget the welth therof and made it to folow thy vayne desyres, and take no care ne study for this present tyme here for the delyue∣raūce of the same out of Purgatory, what mar¦uell is it yf other do forget the same after thy dethe. For how mayst thou thynke that any other shall be more dylygent for thy soule than thou thy selfe was? Thy soule can nat be more dere to any other, than it was vnto thy selfe. And therfore yf thou be thus neglygent therof, thynke nat that any other shalbe more dylygēt than thy selfe was for thyne owne soule.

¶ The seconde reason is this. Thou mayst ryght well and easely perceyue that other of thy frendes haue soules of theyr owne whiche of ryght must be more dere vnto them than is thy soule / and that of theyr owne soules they must be more myndefull than of thy soule / or els they be ryght vnwyse.

¶ Forthermore thou mayst consider that euery man hath ynough to do to satysfy for his owne synnes. And therfore as our sauyour tellyth in a parable. whan the fyue folyssh vyrgyns wold haue borowed som oyle of y^e other fyue vyrgyns for theyr lampes agaynst the comynge of theyr great spouse. The fyue wyse vyrgyns āswered, and bad them prouyde som where els, Ne forte nonsufficiat nobis et vobis. That is to say, leest peraduenture it can nat suffyse bothe for you and for vs. Euery mannes good workes there shal be lytle ynough for his owne soule / & ther∣fore thy frende shall haue ynough to do to pro∣uyde for hym selfe.